Fingernail file



L. OLDAKER FINGERNAIL FILE Fied Jan. 20, 1947 Q tn I a. u NL May 2, 1950 [I Il Patented May 2, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to finger nail files.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved finger nail file of the kind to be more specifically described hereinater, having a finger rest or guard on one edge of the file portion or abrasive part of the finger nail file, whereby the user may more readily steady the tool while it is being used with relative comort to the finger'so engaging the file.

.Another object of this invention is to provide an improved finger nail or manicure file having a handle, a file, a pointed end for cleaning the finger mails and a concavo-convex strip of metal along one edge of the file within which a finger of the hand of the user holding the file may engage for steadying the file and for more readily applying a relatively large pressure or force on the file during use thereof.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and detals of construction disclosed in the drawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing;

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a finger nail file constructed according to an embodiment of this invention,

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof,

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing the numeral III designates generally a finger nail file having an elongated fiat blade Il which provides at once the entire handle and abrading body of the file. One end, as at I2, is formed with a fiat smooth surface on both sides thereof, forming a handle for the file. The other end, as l4, is ntrrowed down and pointed to provide a blade as the tip of a knife for cleaning the finger nails.

The blade or body Il intermediate the length thereof between the handles I2 and M, is formed on the opposite fiat sides with an abrading surface as I5 Which may be either formed on the blade Il or fixed thereto.

In the use of a finger nail file of this kind, it is frequently desired to press the blade Il downwardly along one edge thereof. To do this it is necessary to press on the opposite edge with the fingers of one hand. This opposite edge, as I6. I3 relatively sharp and therefore, to prevent in- Jury to the finger while pressing the blade downwardly. and to provide a suitable and comfortable rest for the finger, I have provided along one longitudinal edge of the blade l5 a substantially U-shaped or channeled guide member Il. The guide member ll is fixed along one entire edge of the file IE5, terminating at the handle l2 at one end and at the inner end of the point M at its other end. The channeled member I 1 is fixed along the longitudinal center of the bight thereof to the edge l6 With its bight downwardly, the arms l8 thereof extending upwardly in divergent relation as shown in Figure 3. The channeled member Il, in addition to being useful for a guide or rest for pressing the blade Il downwardly along one edge thereof, may also be used for sliding the finger along either arm l8, when the file Il) is inverted, for supporting the finger and finger nail while dressing the finger nail With the file l5.

I do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of construction herein disclosed, but claim all variations falling within the purview of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A finger nail file comprising an elongated file blade, a handle on one end of said blade, a

pointed tip on the other end of said blade, and an outwardly opening U-shaped channeled guide member fixed along the bight thereof on one longitudinal edge of said blade, said channeled guide member forming a finger rest on one side and a finger guide on the other side thereof.

2. A nail file mprising an elongated file blade, and a channeled guide member fixed to an edge of said blade along the longitudinal center of said guide member, the opposite sides of said member being disposed in outwardly divergent relation.

LAWRENCE OLDAKER.

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